Cobi Cockburn

Cobi Cockburn is an Australian glass artist.

Early life and education

Cobi Cockburn is from New South Wales.
She completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts and a Master of Fine Arts at Sydney College of the Arts. She is also a graduate of the Glass Workshop with a Bachelor of Visual Arts from the Australian National University in Canberra.

Career

Cockburn creates glass artworks. She works in response to her environment and the landscape, notably around Canberra and the Shoalhaven area.

Recognition and awards

2006: Ranamok Glass Prize
2007: Lino Tagliapietra Prize at Talente 2007 in Germany, a competition for emerging designers, organised as part of the International Trades Fair in Munich
2007: Emerge, US
2009: Tom Malone Prize from the Art Gallery of Western Australia
2011–12: Joint artist-in-residence with Charles Butcher at Tylee Cottage in Whanganui, New Zealand, in 2011–12.
2015: Tom Malone Prize
2020: FUSE Glass Prize
Collections

Her works are held in the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Palm Springs Art Museum and the Corning Museum of Glass, New York.